HouseofIndustryandRefugeca1869.JPGThe House of Industry and Refuge. In 1868, 141 acres was purchased on Frederick Street in Berlin (now Kitchener) and the house opened on June 15, 1869. The original building housed 100 and operated as an industrial farm, which raised crops and livestock. The residents worked for their keep if possible, those most did not. The House eventually became a strictly a residence of the aged and later relocated and renamed Sunnyside.

[S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 3 Oct 1889.
Sept. 28, 1889 Sophia Fröhlich, nee Ackermann, widow of John Conrad Fröhlich, from near St. Jacobs, died in the poorhouse in Berlin at age of approximately 80 years.

[S1848] House of Industry and Refuge Burial Register - Kitchener, Pg 8 No. 250 Reg. Number in Admittance Record Book: 1119.
Sophia Froechlich Died: 28 Sep 1889 84 Taken to St. Jacobs for interment by friends